About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch
If you picked up yesterday's collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, you might want to skip City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch. I'm glad I tried them, but they're much slower paced and not as interesting as the Holmes stories. Supposedly,...
The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch
I took a page from Jeff' Meyerson's book and read a collection of Edward D. Hoch's short stories. I've read individual ones before, but twelve stories about one subject is better than the individual ones. As a Sherlock Holmes fan, I admire Hoch's voice with The...
What Are You Reading?
Well, it looks like our delightful weather is over. Temperatures are in the 90s, with high humidity. That means I'll seldom leave the apartment because I get humidity headaches when I'm out in it too long. That's why I preferred Arizona over Florida. I could handle...